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Don't Let Pressure Get to You

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the ways peers can pressure them on a daily basis. They watch video segments on how to better deal with peer pressure.
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Did Rome Fall, Or Was It Pushed?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders work in teams to research the reasons for the fall of Rome and come to a conclusion of why it did.
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Being There: Exploring China And Japan

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students discover the culture, society, geography, and history of Asia through games, food, art, and literature in this multi-day lesson about China and Japan. An exciting lesson for upper-elementary or lower-middle school classrooms.
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Shell Graphing

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the four quadrants of a coordinate grid.  In this graphing lesson plan, 5th graders trace sea shells in each of the four quadrants of a coordinate grid and then label the ordered pairs on each shell.  For the final...
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Forces in the Sport of Luging

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss force, gravity, and friction as well as examples of each based on what they viewed during a Discovery video. They examine first hand the effect of forces by building their own luge track, making predictions, and testing...
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Greece

For Students 6th - 10th
For this comprehension worksheet on Greece, students read the article presented and then answer the questions that follow. There are 12 short answer questions to complete about Greece, where it is located, the people, celebrations, and...
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Invertebrates

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this invertebrate worksheet, students review characteristics of the different types of invertebrates. This worksheet places 32 vocabulary words into a crossword puzzle.
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Spaghetti Bridges: Student Worksheet

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students will create a "bridge" out of spaghetti and test it's strength with pennies. Students will record their results on a table and then graph the results.
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Idioms

For Students 9th - 11th
In this grammar instructional activity, students choose the appropriate idiom expression to fill in the blanks in twenty-four sentences. Students discuss each idiom.
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Sea Otters--Funny Mammals of the Sea

For Students 4th - 5th
In this sea otters worksheet, students read a 2 page article on sea otters, define 12 vocabulary words from the article and answer 7 comprehension questions in complete sentences.
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Spitzer Sees a New Ring Around Saturn

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Saturn's rings worksheet, students read about the Spitzer telescope that detected a new ring around Saturn. Students solve 6 problems including determining the formula for the area of a circle, finding the volume of the new ring...
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How Do I Make My Own P and S Waves

For Students 7th - 10th
In this P and S waves worksheet, students use a Slinky to simulate P and S waves showing compressional and dilational motion.
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Exponential Functions

For Students 9th
In this exponential functions activity, 9th graders solve and complete 23 various types of problems. First, they simplify each expression. Then, students evaluate the function at different values of x and plot the ordered pairs. in...
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SAT Grid Practice Test 12

For Students 10th - 12th
In this SAT practice test, students solve various problems dealing with percent, area of polygons, rates, functions, and distance. This one page on-line worksheet contains ten multi-step problems.
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the biggest Plates on Earth

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students understand the movement of tectonic plates. In this tectonic plates lesson, students access prior knowledge of convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries.  Students discuss energy transfer involved in plate motion. ...
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Complex Roots Made Visible

For Students 11th
In this algebra worksheet, 11th graders solve quadratic functions using the quadratic formula. They identify the negative roots using complex roots. There is an answer key with this problem.
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Reformation

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students examine the need for Reformation of the church. In this Reformation instructional activity, students understand our freedom in Christ as compared to receiving salvation through actions. Students participate in an activity that...
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A Science Trail: Worms

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore worms in multiple ways. In this lesson on worms, 3rd graders search for worms in their natural environment, record data on worms, and dissect worms.
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Depression

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review what they know about clinical depression. In this personal health lesson, students research depression and treatments for it. Students then create information posters that feature factual information about depression.
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Avalanche

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate natural disasters by participating in an experiment. In this water formation lesson, students define the dangers associated with avalanches and landslides. Students utilize a bag of sand, meter-stick and a wood board...
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Migration

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Students investigate migration issues. In this global studies lesson, students examine photographs that feature migrants from Canary Island and their movement to Spain by smugglers. Students view a PowerPoint presentation and discuss how...
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Madness and Civilization by

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this online interactive worksheet, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Foucault's Madness and Civilization. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
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The Monty Hall Problem

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars define and differentiate between experimental and theoretical probability. In this statistic lesson, students play the game "Monty Hall" and use probability to come up with the best strategies to play the game.
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Quadratic Equations and Parabolas

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners graph and solve quadratic equations. In this functions lesson plan, students analyze a quadratic equation using three points on a curve to define the graph of a quadratic function. They find the vertex and intercepts of the graph.